Boyfriend’s public proposal brings up doubts

DEAR HARRIETTE: My boyfriend recently proposed to me, and I said no — not because I don’t want to marry him, but because of how he did it. He proposed at a baseball game in front of a huge crowd, and it felt completely wrong for me. I don’t even like sports, and he knows that.

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Final whistle at Corelle plant

A 132-year tradition of glassmaking in Charleroi ended Friday

By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter

April 12, 2025

As the blare of the whistle at Corelle Brands sounded for the last time on Friday, quiet cries could be heard. At noon, a sound so familiar signaled the end of a chapter. When that whistle filled the ...

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Police investigating local woman’s ‘suspicious’ death

By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com

April 12, 2025

Jennah Seibert was reportedly shot in her Rostraver Township home. A woman was found dead Friday afternoon inside a Rostraver Township home. The Westmoreland County Coroner identified the woman as Jen...

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MONDAY

April 12, 2025

We’ll have photos from Easter egg hunts around the Valley in Monday’s electronic edition of the MVI.

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Tea tradition continues in Charleroi

By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter

April 12, 2025

The Athene Club holds the event every year for senior girls at Charleroi Area High School. Young women from Charleroi Area’s Class of 2025 were honored by the Athene Club Friday at the annual Senior G...

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THE AGENDA

April 12, 2025

Meetings in local government next week Every week, the Mon Valley Independent editorial staff will share upcoming government meetings around the Mid-Mon Valley. If there’s an item or other event of pu...

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POLICE LOG

Glassport

April 12, 2025

• Tamara Lee Taylor, 31, of Donora was charged with use/possession of drug paraphernalia stemming from an alleged incident Friday, court records state. A preliminary hearing before Magisterial Distric...